From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 19 12:18:03 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DCC3106566C; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:18:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [65.122.17.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8DA28FC17; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:18:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bigwig.baldwin.cx (66.111.2.69.static.nyinternet.net [66.111.2.69]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A042C46B60; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:18:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jhbbsd.localnet (unknown [209.249.190.124]) by bigwig.baldwin.cx (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3BDA98A02E; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:18:02 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:02:59 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (FreeBSD/8.2-CBSD-20110617; KDE/4.5.5; amd64; ; ) References: <201109181301.p8ID1BdX023885@red.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <201109181301.p8ID1BdX023885@red.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <201109190802.59988.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.6 (bigwig.baldwin.cx); Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:18:02 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, Camillo SXrs Subject: Re: amd64/160801: zfsboot on 8.2-RELEASE fails to boot from root-on-zfs in MBR slice X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:18:03 -0000 On Sunday, September 18, 2011 9:01:11 am Camillo SXrs wrote: >=20 > >Number: 160801 > >Category: amd64 > >Synopsis: zfsboot on 8.2-RELEASE fails to boot from root-on-zfs in= =20 MBR slice > >Confidential: no > >Severity: serious > >Priority: low > >Responsible: freebsd-amd64 > >State: open > >Quarter: =20 > >Keywords: =20 > >Date-Required: > >Class: sw-bug > >Submitter-Id: current-users > >Arrival-Date: Sun Sep 18 13:10:07 UTC 2011 > >Closed-Date: > >Last-Modified: > >Originator: Camillo S=E4rs > >Release: 8.2-RELEASE > >Organization: > >Environment: > FreeBSD free 8.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE #0: Thu Feb 17 02:41:51 UTC= =20 2011 root@mason.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 >=20 > >Description: > /boot/zfsboot when installed fails to boot from root-on-zfs in MBR slice,= =20 set up according to this: >=20 > >=20 > I upgraded from 8.1 to 8.2-RELEASE, and consequently upgraded my zfs root= =20 pool to version 15. Upgraded the bootloader in Fixit prompt to allow booti= ng=20 from v15 pool. After this, the system fails to boot, and freezes after the= =20 "Boot: F1" prompt with "-" on the screen. See this thread for example=20 screenshot: >=20 > >=20 > MBR is used because of BIOS incompatibility with GPT as installed by=20 =46reeBSD. > >How-To-Repeat: > Set up root-on-ZFS in MBR slice on 8.2-RELEASE according to: >=20 > >=20 > Reboot - system halts on "-". > >Fix: > Install zfsboot from 9.0-BETA2, where the problem is fixed. Can you test 8.2-stable? The various fixes made to zfsboot in 9 were merge= d=20 to 8 after 8.2-release. =2D-=20 John Baldwin